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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.54-31 / 48-56 MHz in 5 bands 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   CW   -
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 455 kHz ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 8 W, external speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 26.965-27.? MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? ? W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 110-120 / 220-240V AC ?
Current RX 2 A max ? ?
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1947 and 1952 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
501 × 260 × 425 mm
(19.72 × 10.24 × 16.73 in)
?
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 29.40 kg (64.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Bandspread in ham bands ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000183 E.F.-JOHNSON-MESSENGER-004230